EDI remains how many customers and suppliers exchange orders, acknowledgements, ship notices and invoices. Lima receives documents over AS2 or SFTP, translates X12 (850, 855, 856, 810, 214) and EDIFACT (ORDERS, ORDRSP, DESADV, INVOIC) into rows with the envelope kept for audit, and produces outbound documents from ERP data.
Each method has a job. The first load uses the bulk method; the daily run uses the incremental or change-capture method; write-back uses the interface the system itself uses.
| Method | What it does | When it is used |
|---|---|---|
| Inbound translation | Parses documents into typed rows; bad segments become exceptions. | Orders and notices. |
| Outbound generation | Builds documents from rows and sends them. | Acknowledgements and invoices. |
The objects are the tables, views or records Lima reaches through the methods above. The patterns say how a copy is made and kept current.
| Object | Plain meaning |
|---|---|
| 850 / ORDERS | purchase orders |
| 856 / DESADV | ship notices |
| 810 / INVOIC | invoices |
| 214 / IFTSTA | shipment status |
| Pattern | Supported |
|---|---|
| Full load | Yes |
| Incremental | each document once |
| Change capture | — |
| Streaming | — |
| Write-back | outbound documents; the 997/CONTRL acknowledgement is the confirmation |
The prerequisites are what the team that runs EDI (X12 and EDIFACT) grants. The four steps are the same for every connector.
Incoming data = valid records + exception records. A row that fails a check is kept, routed to the person who owns it with a deadline, and replayed once fixed. The load carries on with the valid rows and the report says exactly what was held back. How exceptions work →
Lima connects from outside through the interfaces listed above with credentials your administrators grant. Where a vendor requires its own agent or add-on for a method, the prerequisites say so.
Parallel reads are capped and the cap is agreed with the team that runs the system. Large reads run inside an agreed run window. Change capture keeps the daily volume small.
A report per run: rows in, rows out, control totals and variance per table, the exceptions held back and who owns them, and whether the deadline was met.
Yes. Most estates start with one source, one target and one dataset, then add tables and patterns on the same connection.
A trial connects this system, runs a first load and ends with a reconciliation report. Your administrators see the prerequisites before anything is installed.
